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Saturn

Distance from the Sun
(Semimajor axis of orbit)
1,426,725,400 km
9.53707032 A.U.

Mean Equatorial Radius
60,268 km
(9.449 of Earth's radius)

Volume (Earth = 1)
755

Mass
568.51 × 1027 g

Density
0.70 gm/cm3

Gravity
896 cm/s2

Escape Velocity (at equator)
35.49 km/s

Sidereal Rotation Period (Earth days)
0.44401 day

Sidereal Orbit Period
29.447498 sidereal years

Mean Orbit Velocity
9.6724 km/s

Orbit Eccentricity
0.05415060

Orbit Inclination to Ecliptic
2.48446 degrees

Inclination of Equator to Orbit
26.73 degrees

Atmospheric Temperature (at level with pressure = 1 bar)
134 K

Major Atmospheric Constituents
H2, He

Natural Satellites
(approximately 30 - see NASA website for complete list)